Half of UK households ‘could face water restrictions by April’
Looks like a dry spring again. This article explains:
“Half of all households inBritaincould face water restrictions unless exceptionally heavy and prolonged rain falls by April, water companies and the environment agency have warned.
The environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, will hold a crisis meeting of companies, wildlife groups and other river users next week after the Centre for Hydrology and Ecology (CEH) stated that the average rainfall so far this winter has been the lowest since 1972, and the English Midlands and Anglian regions have had their second driest years in nearly a century.”
This makes me reflect on the ongoing challenge of adapting to the more extreme weather events we seem to face more regularly and their impact on rural life from primary production to utility bills. Do we value water enough in the current way we use and in some cases “abuse” it